SC stays arrest of Yediyurappa in 2012 forgery case
- A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, also stayed the arrest of former state industries minister Murugesh Nirani, who was a co-accused in the matter.
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Bangalore
PUBLISHED ON JAN 28, 2021 06:31 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted protection from arrest to Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa in connection with a 2012 cheating and forgery case.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, also stayed the arrest of former state industries minister Murugesh Nirani, who was a co-accused in the matter.
The two had moved the top court against a January 5 order of the Karnataka high court by which criminal proceedings against the two were revived.
The case involved charges of criminal conspiracy and forgery of documents purported to have been issued by complainant Alam Pasha in 2012, during Yediyurappa’s first term as chief minister. Besides Yediyurappa and Nirani, former principal secretary V P Baligar and former managing director of Karnataka Udyog Mitra Shivaswamy K are the other accused in the case.
Pasha, in his complaint, had accused the two of criminal conspiracy and using forged documents to withdraw a grant of 26 acres for a ₹600 crore housing project in Devanahalli near Bengaluru.
Mural on BBMP building lauds sanitation staff as they protest for better wages
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 07:54 PM IST
- The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Pourakarmika Sangha has been protesting demanding equal pay for equal work and minimum wages of ₹30,000 for all workers.
Sharath B Gowda, son of senior BJP MP, extends support to Congress in Karnataka
By Sharan Poovanna | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Bengaluru
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 02:44 PM IST
- Sharath unsuccessfully contested the 2018 assembly elections on a BJP ticket in Hosakote against N Nagaraju (MTB) of the Congress.
Prime accused in Karnataka quarry blast case arrested in Tamil Nadu
By Arun Dev
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 12:57 PM IST
GS Nagaraja, the accused, who is also a local leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, had been on the run since the blast
WhatsApp used to coordinate riots in Bengaluru's DJ Halli: NIA charge sheet
By Arun Dev , Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2021 11:33 AM IST
- A WhatsApp group comprising more than 100 members had instigated people to assemble in front of KG Halli and DJ Halli police stations
Karnataka's Brahmin board to start calls for intra-caste unions soon
By Sharan Poovanna, Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 10:55 AM IST
- Incentivising of intra-community marriage goes against govt’s goals of social equality, say experts
Bengaluru airport installs disabled aircraft recovery kit
PTI, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 10:47 PM IST
The kit, with multiple components, and customised for the Bengaluru airport's requirement, includes ground preparation tools, aircraft lifting, de-bogging, tethering, towing, and all other associated aspects of both narrow- and wide-body aircraft, BIAL said in the release.
Karnataka govt to use new tech to survey mineral reserves: Minister
PTI
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 08:26 PM IST
The previous governments used old technology to survey the mineral reserves. We will use the latest technology and this will help get accurate information, Nirani was quoted as saying in an official press release.
India’s first hearing impaired female biker: I may not hear it, but I feel the wind
By Mallika Bhagat, Bengaluru
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 05:56 PM IST
Bengaluru resident Archana Timmaraju, rides with a sticker on her bike that reads: Rider is deaf. Failure to cooperate with verbal commands means I am not hearing you.
Bengaluru bikers on a mission: Cleaning up is a joyride!
By Mallika Bhagat, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 05:27 PM IST
Bikers Troop Bengaluru collects trash that’s spoiling the beauty of the city, to give back to the society.
Kerala CM writes to PM over Karnataka’s mandatory Covid-19 test for visitors
By Sharan Poovanna | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Bengaluru
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 12:49 PM IST
- There are just four entry points connecting Kerala and the coastal districts of Karnataka and are always busy due to daily trips by truck and bus drivers as well as students who live across the borders.
Karnataka teachers, school officials take to streets against 30% fee cut order
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 09:11 AM IST
- Parents and private schools have locked horns after schools resisted the Karnataka government order, saying that they have to pay their staff despite loss of income due to Covid-19.
Panic over crackdown on illegal explosives led to Chikkaballapur blast
By Arun Dev , Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
UPDATED ON FEB 24, 2021 09:05 AM IST
- The Karnataka Police had begun a state-wide crackdown on illegal explosives after a blast in Shivamogga, chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s home constituency
‘Didn't know what was in bag’: Driver who transported explosives before blast
By Arun Dev , Bengaluru
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 07:25 AM IST
- Villagers felt the vibrations from the explosion even a kilometre away
SDPI instigated mob, triggered B’luru riots: NIA charge sheet
By Sharan Poovanna, Bengaluru
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 04:48 AM IST
The 301-page charge sheet details how the leaders of SDPI, a political group formed in June 2009, planned to use a provocative post by the relative of a prominent politician to stoke communal riots in the KG Halli and DJ Halli neighbourhoods of Bengaluru.
'No restrictions on inter-state travel': Karnataka govt clarifies
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Mallika Soni
PUBLISHED ON FEB 23, 2021 07:34 PM IST
According to Karnataka government order, the passengers from Kerala will have to produce a negative RT-PCR test taken not more than 72 hours before commencement of the journey, at the time of entry into the state.
